Vehicle attachment.



W. T. PIGKBRING.

VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1909.

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WALTER THOMAS PICKERING, OF EDMOND, KANSAS.

VEHICLE ATTACHMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 23, 1909.

Patented Aug. 26,1913. Serial No. 509,205.

To all whomit may concern Be it known that I, lVAL'rER T. Picnnnrno, a citizen of the United States, residing at l-Gdmond, in the county of Norton and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Vehicle Attachment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful attachment adapted for use in connection with vehicles, but especially designed to be associated with corn binders, in such a manor as to equalize the draft upon the horses. The principal object of the invention is to provide an equalizer for the purpose described which will prevent the binder from pulling sidewise on the horses necks.

Another and a very important object of the invention is the provision of a tongue pivoted to a binder frame, in combination with new and useful means for holding the tongue and preventing the same from being thrown laterally out of alinement with the binder frame, that is, in one lateral direction only. However, the tongue swings upon its pivot in the opposite lateral direction, and when such is the case said improved holding means partly collapses.

When the tongue moves in such a direction and said holding means collapses, the binder frame or rather the binding machine is hardly turned, but so soon as the tongue assumes a straight position parallel with the line to he traveled and the team has moved a short distance, the binder frame or machine again rights itself. When the tongue assumes a position, from which it cannot be moved in one certain lateral direction out of alinement with the side of the binder frame, and the team is endeavoring to turn the binder in the direction of the arrow a, there a yieldability or give between the binder frame and the tongue, owing to the fact that said holding means includes a connecting chain with a double-tree, which rocks upon its pivot. Owing to this yieldability between the binder frame and the t mgue, there is less liability of the tongue becoming broken, in making turns, which would otherwise be the case if the tongue were rigidly fixed to the binder frame.

A further object of the invention is the fact that this chain not only forms a part of the holding means for bracing the tongue,

but also considerably lessen the chances of the double-tree being snapped or broken, incident to a certain erk or pull by the horses.

Another object of the invention is the provision of the strap irons, which with the chain constitute said holding means. The strap irons are offset from the tongue and secured to the binder frame adjustably, and owing to the adjustable connect-ions of the strap irons to the binder frame, the holding means will hold the tongue in different positions, that is, such positions, from which the tongue cannot be moved in one certain lateral direction. The strap irons are four in number, two connected. to the binder frame, and two to the tongue, and each two is pivoted at the free ends to the adjacent two. At the point where the strap irons are pivoted together, the draft chain passes over a. pulley, directly in the rear of the double-tree or lever, and connected to the double tree, thereby holding the binder frame in proper position with relation to the tongue. .lherefore, it will be observed that the combination of the strap iron and the draft chain will form two functions, one of which is to lessen the possibility of the double-tree or lever from snapping, while the other is to hold a pivoted tongue in proper position relative to the binder frame.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the equalizer attachment, applied to a binder frame, and the tongue thereof. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the equalizer. Fig. is a sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a binder frame having the usual off-set tongue 2 pivoted thereto at 2 as shown in Fig. l.

Secured on the upper surface of the tongue 2 in advance of the binder frame is a hearing plate 22. A11 upwardly extending bolt 23 is associated therewith and forms a pivot for the double tree 20. This double tree is provided with a plurality of spaced openings, by means of which the position of the said tree can be adjusted as desired. This double tree is preferably pivoted on the tongue, so as to form long and short levers, the long member 25 preferably extending outwardly, and the short arm 28 of the lever extending inwardly.

Connected to the free end of the short arm 28 of the lever, is a double tree 30, and connected with the double tree are the necessary swingle trees 31 and 32 respectively. Secured to the said double tree 20 and respectively arranged near each end are clevises 2l21.

Secured to the front face of the frame 1 and spaced inwardly from the tongue are opposed clamping plates 12 and 13, said plates being provided with opposed ears, which are respectively connected by any suitable means. The plate 12 is provided with an integral central projection 12 forming upper and lower seats. Respectively extending from the said seats and integral with the projection are bolts 1% and 15, which receive the free ends of strap irons 4 and 5, the said ends being held in proper position by means of nuts 16.

The invention further comprises opposed strap irons 6 and 7, which are connected to the tongue 2, by a vertically arranged bolt 17 said bolt being positioned intermediate the frame and the double tree. The strap iron 6 has its end bent upwardly to make room for a pulley 9 which is also supported by the bolt 17. Associated with the pulley 9 is a guard 10, said guard being also pivotally mounted on the bolt 17 A nut or other suitable fastening means is associated with the bolt 17 for prevent-ing the above mentioned parts from becoming displaced. The other ends of the strap irons 6 and 7 are spaced apart and are respectively provided with spaced alined openings 19. A bolt 8 connects the free ends of the strap irons 6 and to the ends of the strap irons a and 5. A pulley 9 and a guard 10 are also mounted on the bolt 8 and between the strap irons 6 and 7 The invention further comprises a draft chain 11, which passes around the said pulleys 9 and 9 and has its free ends respectively connected to the clevises 2121 of the double tree.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the pulley 9 is olf set from the tongue and is arranged in rear of the end of the short arm of the lever or double tree, while the other pulley 9 is arranged below the tongue and at an angle with respect to the free end of the long arm of the lever or double tree.

From the foregoing, it will be observed, that as the double tree or lever 20 is oscil lated, the draft chain 11 is drawn over the pulleys 9 and 9 Inasmuch as the tongue 2 is off-set from the frame 1, the double-tree, through the medium of the strap irons l 5, 6 and '7, which are off-set from the tongue, will equalize the draft of the binder and will thereby prevent pressure on the horses by the tongue. The clamping plates 12 and 13 may be adjusted inwardly toward the tongue or outwardly from the tongue. "Then adjusted outwardly from the tongue, the pivot S bet-ween the strap irons is brought closer to the binder frame, thereby tightening the chain 11. Also when the plates 12 and 13 are so adjusted, the weight of the binder frame is thrown more on the draft chain,

and the other parts of the equalizer.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is" 1. A draft equalizing attachment for binders, comprising in combination a frame, a tongue secured to the frame and ofi-set therefrom, opposed plates secured to the front of the frame and spaced from the tongue, metallic straps pivotally secured to the tongue in advance of the frame, the free ends of the straps being adjustably connected, a pulley connected to the tongue directly below the pivoted ends of the second-mentioned straps, a pulley arranged intermediate the free ends of the said straps, a double tree fulcrumed on the tongue, and a draft chain designed to travel over said pulleys and having its ends connected to the double tree.

2. In a device as set forth, a binder having a tongue and provided with a pivot plate, metallic straps comprising four in number pivoted together, two of said strags being pivoted to the pivot plate while the other two are pivoted to the tongue, a pulley journaled upon the first named pivot and between the straps, a double tree fulcrumed on the tongue in advance of the plates, a pulley journaled below the tongue between the frame and the double tree, and a draft chain designed to travel over said pulleys and having its ends connected to the ends of the double tree.

8. In a draft equalizer, the combination of a binder frame and a tongue connected thereto to one side of the frame, a pair of strap irons pivoted to the tongue and extending laterally thereof substantially in parallel with the binder frame, a second pair of strap irons having one of their ends pivoted to the free ends of the first strap irons, while the other ends are provided with adjustable connections with the binder frame, a double tree fulcrumed on the tongue, pulleys, one mounted on the pivots between the strap irons, while the other is mounted on the pivot between the first strap irons and the tongue, and a draft chain pass ing over the pulleys, with each end thereof connected to the double tree.

at. In combination with a binder frame, a tongue pivoted thereto and to one side, a pair of strap irons pivoted to the tongue and extending laterally therefrom and substantially in parallel with the binder frame, a second pair of strap irons pivoted to the free ends of the first strap irons and having adjustable connections with said binder frame, a double-tree fulcrumed on the tongue, said strap irons having devices, and a connection loop connecting each end of the double-tree name to this specification in the presence of and passing over said devices, said eonnectwo subscribing Witnesses. tion 100) and the straa irons constitnt-in rv'n ,1; I J -1 1 1 means, iiot only to brace the double-tree, bu t TALlhh Hum/Dis 1 5 principally for holding the pivoted tongue Vitnesses:

in position. G. P. VOLKEL, In testimony whereof I have signed my R. F. BECK.

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